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The Manchester Parish Development Committee (PDC) on Friday (Jan. 30) handed over four emergency response vehicles valued at $5 million to the residents of Manchester. Speaking at the presentation ceremony, Minister of Health, John Junor observed that it was truly a "red letter day" for the parish. "On behalf of the people of Manchester I would like to extend our...

State Minister in the Ministry of Industry and Tourism, Dr. Wykeham McNeill has said that Jamaica and the wider Caribbean should adopt new and responsive regional measures to ensure survival and competitiveness. He said that the ability of governments to control their fortunes entirely, even within the domestic economy, was steadily diminishing, while the role and significance of the international...

Prime Minister P.J. Patterson, in a verbal offensive against the recent flare up of violence in Spanish Town last week, charged parents not to shelter their sons who they know had committed crimes, and warned criminals that they would be caught. During a radio broadcast to the nation today, a few days after gunmen took the lives of seven persons...

Pests may soon be of little or no concern to farmers in Hall Head, Danvers Pen, St. Thomas, as they have been introduced to an environmentally friendly insecticide to keep insects away from vegetable crops produced for local and overseas markets. A training day for the farmers was organized by the St. Thomas office of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority...

The Senate approved amendments to the National Water Commission (NWC) Act on Friday (Jan. 30) to harmonise the provisions of that legislation with the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) Act and the Water Resources Act, with regards to the power to recover debts, issue licences and set tariffs. Piloting the Bill, Leader of Government Business in the Senate, and Minister...

Minister of Industry and Tourism, Aloun Ndombet-Assamba, officially opened three new honeymoon villas on Thursday (Jan. 29) at Jake's Hotel in Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth. Addressing the audience, Minister Assamba noted that Jamaica's tourist industry was moving in the right direction. "The opening of a new cottage here at Jake's is another positive sign of the development of Jamaica's hospitality...

The Senate approved a resolution on Friday (Jan. 30), which seeks to increase the minimum gratuity payable under the Constables (Special) Act to dependents and legal personal representatives of Special Constables who die as a result of injuries related to their duties. Leader of Government business in the Senate, Burchell Whiteman said Government had agreed to, under the Constables (Special)...

Director of the Road Safety Unit, Paul Clemetson has said that the Ministry of Transport and Works through its Road Safety Unit would be moving to establish school zones across the island. In a recent interview with JIS News, Mr. Clemetson said that the school zones would be enforced through legislation, which would define specific zones near these schools where...

Media practitioners are being invited to attend a workshop on human rights at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston on Friday, February 6 from 9:00 am to noon. Sponsored by the Inter American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in collaboration with the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), the event is designed to sensitize media personnel about the activities of the Commission...

The community of Exchange in St. Ann has a new postal agency, which was constructed at a cost of $1.1 million. The facility, a combined effort of the wider community, started in 1998, when ground was broken by the former member of parliament for the area, Danny Melville, after the closure of the previous agency, and citizens had to travel...

The Hague Agricultural Show, to be held in Trelawny from February 24 to 25, will be observing its 49th anniversary this year. Dubbed, 'The Power of 49', the show will be staged under the theme: 'We are what we eat - eat Jamaican'. Organisers expect to spend about $1.7 million to stage the show. Addressing a press launch on January...

The Hague Agricultural Show, to be held in Trelawny from February 24 to 25, will be observing its 49th anniversary this year. Dubbed, 'The Power of 49', the show will be staged under the theme: 'We are what we eat - eat Jamaican'. Organisers expect to spend about $1.7 million to stage the show. Addressing a press launch on January...